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Evonik opens new pharmaceutical spray drying facility
Evonik announced today that it opened a new facility for drying aqueous dispersions of EUDRAGIT polymers at its site in Darmstadt, Germany. The new, double-digit million-euro excipient manufacturing facility enables the Essen, Germany-based company to meet increasing demand from pharmaceutical customers for oral drug delivery solutions. EUDRAGIT polymers — polymethacrylates — are suitable for use…Mispro announces latest vivarium lab space in Boston
Mispro this week announced it will open its tenth Boston facility in December. The contract vivarium organization’s newest Boston-based facility will be located on Binney Street in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company said that Kendall Square has been recognized as a biotechnology and pharmaceutical innovation hub. Mispro’s latest facility will have turnkey vivarium lab…Sponsored Content See More >
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FDA approves Merck’s Winrevair to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension
Merck recently won FDA approval for its sotatercept-csrk Winrevair for treating adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension. The drug was approved to increase exercise capacity and reduce the risk of clinical worsening events, according to the Rahway, N.J.-based company. It previously received FDA breakthrough designation and is the first FDA-approved action signaling inhibitor therapy for pulmonary…
Report: Japan health authorities investigate Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory after five deaths
Eicos Sciences’ FDA-approved Aurlumyn promises to drastically reduce frostbite amputations
AbbVie launches Produodopa in the EU to treat Parkinson’s
FDA taking hands-off approach in enforcing medication promotion on TikTok
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Personalized medicine: advanced technology is saving lives
The concept of a “batch size one” in pharmaceutical manufacturing is closer than ever. There are companies advancing cell therapies in which body cells are used to heal or support the individual patient. These cells are manipulated or edited to change certain biological characteristics before being transferred to the patient. Personalized medicine is truly about…
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Eugia Pharma receives OAI classification from FDA following sterile production inspections
Eugia Pharma Specialties’ manufacturing hub in India has received an FDA warning letter based on inspections of its facility. The new warning letter is tied to previous warnings about the company’s Unit III Formulation manufacturing facility. The unit makes terminally sterilized products. Eugia’s Hyderabad, India-based facility received an official action indicated (OAI) status notice in…
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Government awards $14M to bolster U.S. pharmaceutical independence
The API Innovation Center (APIIC) announced that it received $14 million in U.S. government funding to lead a pharmaceutical production project. The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response’s (ASPR) Center for Industrial Base Management and Supply Chain (IBMSC) provided the funding for APIIC to lead the development and domestic production of three critical active pharmaceutical…
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Report: Japan health authorities investigate Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory after five deaths
Japanese health authorities searched a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in Japan following reports of five deaths related to dietary supplements, Reuters reports. The plant inspection in western Japan is the second in recent days as health authorities inspected the company’s Osaka facility. In addition to the five reported deaths, there have been more than 100 hospitalizations…